| Timeline |
| 1632 |
Born 29 August |
| 1647 |
Attends Westminster School in London |
| 1652 |
Locke goes to Christ Church College, Oxford |
| 1656 |
Locke graduates B.A. |
| 1658 |
Locke graduates M.A. |
| 1660 |
Writes first treatise on the Civil Magistrate |
| 1661 |
Locke's father dies |
| 1664 |
Locke is "Censor of Moral Philosophy" at Christ Church; writes the Essays on the Law of Nature |
| 1665 |
Visits Cleves as part of a diplomatic mission accompanying Sir Henry Vane to the Elector of Brandenburg |
| 1667 |
Moves to London as Lord Ashley's personal physician |
| 1668 |
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society |
| 1670 |
Locke (under the supervision of Shaftsbury) writes the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina |
| 1671 |
First draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding; secretary to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina |
| 1672 |
Visits Paris |
| 1675 |
Returns to Paris |
| 1679 |
Locke returns to England |
| 1683 |
Locke flees to Holland following the Rye House Plot to kill Charles II |
| 1684 |
Locke expelled from his studentship at Christ Church College, Oxford, by Royal command |
| 1689 |
Locke returns to England escorting the princess of Orange, who later became Queen Mary; The Essay Concerning Human Understanding is published |
| 1690 |
The Two Treatises of Civil Government are published |
| 1691 |
Moves to Oates, the residence of Sir Francis and Lady Masham |
| 1693 |
Some Thoughts Concerning Education published |
| 1695 |
The Reasonableness of Christianity and A Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity published |
| 1696 |
Appointed to Board of Trade |
| 1697 |
A second Vindication of the Reasonableness of Christianity |
| 1704 |
Dies 28 October |
